Our Garden of Eden

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Our Garden of Eden (2010)

Directed by Mano Khalil

Documentary · 1h 37m

Like a mosaic, the film “Our Garden of Eden” shows the everyday life in an allotment garden area that reflects the multiethnic and multicultural modern Swiss society today. People of various geographical, religious, social and political backgrounds till the earth of their respective lots here side by side, creating a microcosm full of dreams, loneliness, homesickness, joy, family tragedies, strokes of fate and conflicts. The Swiss concept of tidiness and order meets an exotic talent for improvisation, the will to integrate and respect meet ignorance. Christians and Muslims, people from nations at enmity enjoy a peaceful coexistence in the allotment gardens, sharing what seems most precious in our society today: time, attention and space. They find the path to themselves as well as a place in the eternal cycle that life is.

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Crew

Director
Mano Khalil
Writer
Mano Khalil
Editor
Thomas Bachmann
Producer
Mano Khalil

Details

Original title
Unser Garten Eden
Release date
2010-01-12
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German, French, Italian, Kurdish
Countries
Switzerland
Production
3sat, RSI, RTS, SRF